| From: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, John Wang <johncwang(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy List <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: name Re: Dropping postgres as a whole. |
| Date: | 2007-09-29 23:03:12 |
| Message-ID: | 46FED9B0.70809@Yahoo.com |
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On 9/27/2007 2:13 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake escribió:
>
>> Interesting point but I don't think that would be a problem in general.
>> Mainly because as good as we are... we are not Proctor & Gamble ;). Nor
>> are we even in the same sector (business/financial etc...).
>>
>> I like Pg but I would also not be opposed to pgsql, which is extremely
>> common.
>
> I think we're trying to find a name for saying out aloud. Both "pg" and
> "pgsql" are mostly used in writing.
blah blah ... PostgreSQL (pronounced Postgres-Q-L), also known as pgsql
(pronounced Pigsqueal) ...
Jan (pronounced Yann) occasionally referred to as a European bloke
(pronounce that with *ouch* at the end to spare me the effort)
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